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Show HE CHANGED HIS MIND. rrsjtiiK far Drain, tlie Inti-r NlruKRtcil AKnlnst It When Monnrotl. A curious enso of ihtvouk hnlluelna- I Hon Is rcjorted In tho London Telegraph. Tele-graph. At ItordemiK recently n hysterical hyster-ical rieuchiuan visited the tomb where his beloved was laid. C'nrryingn lighted caudle nnd kneeling by her en 111 n, ho exclaimed ex-claimed imssiotiutely! "Would I could diet Would I could die!" Just then the wind eloFcd the door and extinguished tho light. Tlc licrcaud locr who had just prayed for death turhed for the door; lie could not open it; he toient It, knocked, kicked, struggled, cnlling loudly for help. No nnswer, only the litter silenco and darkness of the tomb, His wish to dio was forgotten. Ho Bank down and wept; his tears were not for his beloved, but for himself, lie fell the pangs of hunger; he thought nf Ids candle and cut It into four parts. He ntc the first juarter the Crst day, the second rjuai 1 r on the second day, the third on the thlid day, nnd the last ipiurter on the fourth daj. No more, nud he muMdleof Manatlon. Hemado one jnore dispcrato elToit to open the door, when it suddenly opened nnd the keeper of the lemetcry stood before lilin; the sunlight blinded him, and ho fell from exhaustion. Ho had been there lust four hours. |